Introduction to Political Science - Pre Exam Obj
  • 1. Political science is mainly the study of the __.
A) state
B) market
C) school
D) family
  • 2. Who defined politics as “who gets what, when and how”?
A) Harold Lasswell
B) Aristotle
C) Karl Marx
D) David Easton
  • 3. The authoritative allocation of values was defined by __.
A) Easton
B) Plato
C) Garner
D) Hobbes
  • 4. Political science begins and ends with the state according to __.
A) Gilchrist
B) Janet
C) Locke
D) Garner
  • 5. Politics mainly deals with __.
A) trade
B) religion
C) education
D) power and authority
  • 6. The study of political institutions is known as __ approach.
A) behavioural
B) traditional
C) Marxist
D) institutional
  • 7. Which approach focuses on human political behaviour?
A) Behavioural
B) Historical
C) Traditional
D) Systems
  • 8. The systems approach is associated with __.
A) Easton
B) Lasswell
C) Plato
D) Marx
  • 9. Liberalism, socialism and communism are examples of __.
A) cultures
B) laws
C) institutions
D) ideologies
  • 10. Power, authority and legitimacy are __ in political science.
A) institutions
B) cultures
C) ideologies
D) concepts
  • 11. The executive, legislature and judiciary are __.
A) political cultures
B) political parties
C) political institutions
D) political thoughts
  • 12. Elections and law making are examples of political __.
A) culture
B) processes
C) ideologies
D) systems
  • 13. Citizenship refers to __.
A) voting in elections
B) paying tax
C) living in a country
D) legal membership of a state
  • 14. Political culture means people’s __ towards politics.
A) wealth
B) religion
C) language
D) attitudes and beliefs
  • 15. Globalization concerns the __ among countries.
A) relationships
B) isolation
C) conflicts only
D) traditions
  • 16. The supreme law of the land is the __.
A) decree
B) manifesto
C) constitution
D) policy
  • 17. Constitutionalism means __ government power.
A) limiting
B) removing
C) increasing
D) ignoring
  • 18. Which method compares political systems of different countries?
A) Historical
B) Statistical
C) Observational
D) Comparative
  • 19. Watching political behaviour in real life is the __ method.
A) comparative
B) observational
C) survey
D) experimental
  • 20. The historical method studies __.
A) present events only
B) economic data
C) past political events
D) future predictions
  • 21. Plato and Aristotle are known for their political __.
A) systems
B) parties
C) institutions
D) thoughts
  • 22. Marxist approach focuses mainly on __.
A) culture
B) religion
C) class struggle and economy
D) law
  • 23. Survey method involves __.
A) asking questions to people
B) observation only
C) experiments
D) guessing
  • 24. The behavioural approach developed in the __ century.
A) 20th
B) 15th
C) 18th
D) 10th
  • 25. Political parties are part of political __.
A) thoughts
B) ideologies
C) cultures
D) institutions
  • 26. Sovereignty means __.
A) supreme power of the state
B) foreign rule
C) sharing power
D) voting rights
  • 27. Democracy is a system where __.
A) kings rule
B) soldiers rule
C) people rule
D) judges rule
  • 28. The study of politics through laws and philosophy is the __ approach.
A) traditional
B) systems
C) survey
D) behavioural
  • 29. AU and ECOWAS are examples of __ organizations.
A) national
B) international
C) local
D) private
  • 30. Ideology is a set of __ about government.
A) punishments
B) rules only
C) beliefs and ideas
D) buildings
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